Model Sentence: Another Colon! (3B- Answer orally. You did this as an exit slip last time.)
Read the following sentence from Langer's essay. Write your responses to the questions on a slip of paper to turn in.
Perhaps unwittingly, Wiesenthal fills Bolek's mouth with questionable platitudes: "When one is face to face with death one doesn't lie"; "he had no opportunity to expiate the sins which he had committed"; he showed "genuine, sincere repentence for his misdeeds."
Explain the purpose of the colon in the sentence. The semicolons?
What is the rhetorical purpose of this sentence in the essay?
Examples:
Major Premise- Birds have feathers.
Minor Premise- Penguins are birds.
Conclusion- Penguins have feathers.
Major Premise- Humans have basic rights that must be protected.
Minor Premise- People accused of crimes are human.
Conclusion- The basic human rights of the accused must be protected.
Major Premise- The US needs intelligent thinkers in the work force.
Minor Premise- An effective educational system will produce intelligent thinkers.
Conclusion- It is in the country's best interest to create an effective educational system.
Can we break down Langer's argument into a syllogism?
Timed Writing (25 mins)
Write a one-page response in which you agree or disagree with Langer's position. Use evidence from the text in your response.
(Think about open-response questions. We have used the acronym PEE to think about structuring paragraphs. Most PEE paragraphs or responses should have 2-3 chunks.)
Turn in Vocabulary Projects! There will be a short quiz on the 11 vocabulary words from The Sunflower next time.
Anchor Text: Essay (p.186) by Lawrence Langer
Model Sentence: Another Colon! (3B- Answer orally. You did this as an exit slip last time.)
Read the following sentence from Langer's essay. Write your responses to the questions on a slip of paper to turn in.Perhaps unwittingly, Wiesenthal fills Bolek's mouth with questionable platitudes: "When one is face to face with death one doesn't lie"; "he had no opportunity to expiate the sins which he had committed"; he showed "genuine, sincere repentence for his misdeeds."
Terminology... What is a syllogism?
Examples:Major Premise- Birds have feathers.
Minor Premise- Penguins are birds.
Conclusion- Penguins have feathers.
Major Premise- Humans have basic rights that must be protected.
Minor Premise- People accused of crimes are human.
Conclusion- The basic human rights of the accused must be protected.
Major Premise- The US needs intelligent thinkers in the work force.
Minor Premise- An effective educational system will produce intelligent thinkers.
Conclusion- It is in the country's best interest to create an effective educational system.
Can we break down Langer's argument into a syllogism?
Timed Writing (25 mins)
Write a one-page response in which you agree or disagree with Langer's position. Use evidence from the text in your response.(Think about open-response questions. We have used the acronym PEE to think about structuring paragraphs. Most PEE paragraphs or responses should have 2-3 chunks.)